The slippery Surrealism of Pierre Roy
The French artist was largely ignored by his peers, but his uncanny painting of a snake is a masterpiece
The French artist was largely ignored by his peers, but his uncanny painting of a snake is a masterpiece
The museum is set to close in 2025, leaving a hole in the city’s arts scene and adding to growing disquiet about its general direction
The sculptor’s witty animal-like sculptures are dotted around the grounds of his house in the Cotswolds – and they feel right at home there
Printing is found throughout art history – and often in the places you least expect it, as Jennifer L. Roberts demonstrates in her highly original new book
A play about Harry Beck, creator of London Underground map we still use today, shows just how tricky it was to land on the perfect design
Plus: the light sculptures of Anthony McCall, paintings by Frank Auerbach and his teacher David Bomberg, and Nordic nature scenes
Curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev explains how the artist’s <i>Venus of the Rags</i> embodies the innovative spirit of the Italian movement
To mark 50 years since the death of the poet Anne Sexton, we look at four artworks that demonstrate how women poets have long been a source of inspiration for artists
The art world is changing fast, but fostering a new generation of young collectors remains a challenge for the market to overcome
Amid a narrowing market for Old Masters, paintings from 17th-century Naples are still holding their own
The learned institution has always been important to art historians, but a major new refurbishment will give it a higher profile
Berthe Weill was as devoted to young artists as she was to the cause of modern art – and her efforts are now receiving belated recognition
From penitent saint to salacious sinner, the biblical figure has worn a number of different guises in art through the ages
Sarah Moss returns to a Pre-Raphaelite painting that made a lasting impression on her when she was a teenager
The UK culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, spoke of the importance of the arts at Labour Party Conference, but the sector needs more than good vibes
Modern Italian artists rub shoulders with Old Masters including Titian and Bronzino at the Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato in Florence (BIAF)
On World Tourism Day, it seems a perfect time to revisit the ways in which artists have depicted global travel over the last two centuries
The National Gallery has pulled off a seemingly impossible feat – to allow us to experience the intensity of the artist’s vision as if for the first time
As the cutting-edge arts organisation in south London turns 30, Joe Scotland talks to Apollo about class, community and contemporary art
The four nominees for the prize in its 40th year all fold forms of biography into their art – with mixed success